The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-29
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WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 2S.-The Sen
ate took up the bill to prohibit mombers
OF Congress from acting as attorneys o,
employees for railroad companies holding
charters or having received grant ol
lands or pecuuiary aid from tho United
States, and Mr.. Berry addressed the Sen.
ate in advocacy OF the bill. He did not
believe that Senator or member draw.
ing $4,000 or 500 a year from the
Union Pacific or the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company could act and vote i'm.
partially on the Pacific funding bill, or on
the Northern Pacific land forfeiture bill, :
Mr.. Teller said that he was prepared to
vote against the bill, notwithstanding
newspaper clamor, and notwithstanding
effort was made to attract attention to the
TACT that the Senate was body Of lay.
yers aud tho charge that Senators wero
devoting to the practice OF law for rail.
road corporations the time which they
should devote to tho public aervice
Quacks in politics had filled the public
press with attacks on what they called the
House Of Lords" He realized the fact
that the senate-not representing public
sentiment: not representing tho great
masses OF tho people, but sopregent.
Ing the States-had ceased to be a
popular body in the estimate of
the people. lie understood that there was
abroad in the country new aud deter.
mined effort to break down the Senate, to
destroy its usefulness, and thus eventually
compel ite abolition. 1tcould not be aboi-
ished while Delaware and RhGde Island
insisted on the right given them when The
Constitution was sadopted without resolu.
ton, and nthe absolute destruction OF tho
Constitution the Senate would contiune
to exist He did not believe that such at.
tacEs on the Senate 40 wero concealed
within the bill were calculated to strength.
en- It with the people.
Mr.. Wilaon, Of Maryland, made an ar
gument in favor OF the original bill.
MIR. Frye here took the floor in order.
as no said, to give piecs OF information.
He read an Associated Press telegram iuet
received from Eas;port, Me-, stating that
the winter school Of herring had struck
into the American shore, aud that about
twenty-five English boats and veasels were
there fishing within the ahore line, and
that meanwhile the English cruiser Mid
dleton was cruising between Ecstport and
st; Andrews ready to seizs any American
iisherman that might venture beyond the
dead line. That was all no said.
Amendments to the bill we're offered by
Mr.. Plat and Mr.. Hoar. The latter said
tho bill was aimed at G stste OF things not
existing, and not likely to exist. He was
willing to go as far us to provide that when
q land-graNt railroad company had legis.
lasion before Congress, no, Senator or
member who bore the relation to that
company OF counsel or client, should take
part In that legislation:
At the close OF Mr.. Hoar's speech two
messages from the President we're pre-
|sented, one vetoipg tho bill granting q
pension to Benz. Obekiah, and tho other
vatolng q bill for the relief Of NJ. X. Beld.
ing, Ths messages were laid OIL the table.
The Senate then adjourned till to.mor-
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